Toward the end of his trip, a cockatoo dropped a feather for him—the very feather featured on the album's cover. Themes of Resistance and Connection
If you are sourcing Spirit Bird in FLAC (likely from a CD rip or a high-res store like HDTracks or Qobuz), ensure your playback chain does it justice. A decent DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and open-back headphones or studio monitors will reveal the album's dynamic range—which hovers around a very healthy DR9 to DR11. That’s dynamic, by modern "loudness war" standards. Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird -2012- FLAC